Wagon-body.



' W. T. SHAVER.

WAGON BODY.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIl, 1914. RENEWED JAN. 3,1916. l 1 92,944 Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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WAGON-BODY.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Appli-cation filed May 11, 1914, Serial No. 837,788. Renewed January 3, 1916. Serial No. 70,080.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM T. Sr-IAVER, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in lagon-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wagon bodies, and pertains more particularly to the means for lookin-g the doors thereof when employed in the transportation of valuables, such as mail wagons and the like.

The object of my invention is to produce a main locking means for said doors, and a supplemental lock operated from a diiferent part of the vehicle as an additional protection against unauthorized access.

Another object of my invention is to produce a double bolt for wagon doors adapted to be thrown by a handle from without, and means for locking said handle at the rear of a wagon.

A further object thereof is to produce a lock for the rear door of a wagon having means for locking and unlocking same adjacent the drivers seat, and a still further object of my invention is to produce a more simple, cheap and eiiicient device of-.said character than has heretofore been attained.

To these ends, my invention includes the combination and arrangement of component parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a rear view of my wagon body, showing the locking means unlocked, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my wagon body, showing my door-locking means, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indi cates the frame of the floor of my wagon body, comprising a rectangular frame of T-rails 2, suitably braced by the cross braces 3, and 4 and l1 designate the frame of the side walls, which, as shown, comprises the rectangular frames of angle-irons 51 suitably braced and cross-braced by the vertically disposed T-rails 61 bolted at their ends to the angle-irons forming the frames 51, and the horizontally disposed T-rails 71 which are likewise bolted to the angle-irons of the frames 51 at their ends, and interlocked intermediate thereof with the vertical T- rails 51.

The flanges 5b on the vertical members of the T-rails 51 and the flanges 7b on the horizontal members, together with the flanges of the` angle-irons 51 are provided with a plurality of perforations spaced a predetermined distance apart through which the outer walls of the body may be removably bolted thereon. The front wall-frame 9 is likewise formed of a rectangular-frame of angle-irons suitably braced and cross-braced as 1n the side frames, and may be bolted around its outer edges to the ends of the frames of the sidewalls.

in spaced to register with the perforations in the flanges of the angle-irons and T-rails forming the frames therefor, by which they may be bolted in position or separately and Aindependently removed therefrom for repairs or replacement; and the floor and roof thereof are likewise formed of sheets of metal, likewise perforated and bolted to their frames, and it will be apparent that the roof may extend slightly beyond the edge of the walls to form an over-hang at 15, and that the base of the T-rail forming the frame of the floor, will form a suitable sill 16 therefor.

The rear wall of my wagon body is formed of a rectangular frame l? of T-rails, upon which are secured the plates 171 and 171, and upon which are hinged the vertically disposed doors 18 and 19, the free edges of which abut and the free edge of door 18 projects over the edge of the opposite door 19 when closed and holds same from opening until released. For the purpose of locking said doors, I provide on the inside of door 18 the double acting vertically disposed bolts 25 and 26, each of which is pivoted at its inner end to one end of the arm 27, which,

as shown, is rigidly secured intermediate its has secured thereon the looped head or handle 30 by which it may be turned and which is adapted to be locked, as hereinafter described.

It will be apparent that the turning of the arm 7 by the handle 30 will throw the bolts 25 and 26 outwardly or inwardly to engage or disengage the keepers 31 and 32 on the body of the wagon, and said bolts may i pass through guides 33 on the inner face of the door intermediate their ends.

For the purpose of preventing the turning of the handle 30 to throw the bolts by unauthorized persons, I provide a hasp 33 swiveled on the door 18, having a slot intermediate its ends adapted to fit o'ver the handle 30 when saine is in position assumed when the bolts are locked, while a slot adj acent the end of the hasp lits over the staple l 34 on the opposite door 19 to which it may be locked by a padlock of ordinary design.

For the purpose of latching the doors 18 and 19 by means cont-rolled from a position adjacent the drivers seat, I provide the d longitudinal shaft 35 carried on the dependspectively, and may be engaged or disengaged by turning the shaft 35 by the crank 35.

The construction and operation of my locking device will be readily understood from the foregoing description and by reference to the accompanying drawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts thereofI may be varied within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a closed vehicle body having doors at the rear thereof, t

of a locking device for said doors, means for operating said locking device from the front of the vehicle adjacent to the drivers seat, a separate locking device for said doors, and means for operating said locking device from the rear of the vehicle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a closed vehicle body having doors at the rear thereof7 of a double-acting bolt for locking the doors having means for operating same from the rear, and a double-acting hook for locking said doors independently of said double-acting bolt having means for operating same from the front of the vehicle, substantially as described.

WILLIAM T. SI-IAVER. vWitnesses:

ROBERT H. YOUNG, W. J. FINLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. G.. 

